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Linux - "Open any file" via Keyboard Shortcut

Assign this little shell script to a keyboard shortcut Xfce to open a shell -prompt, then have that file / directory opened by it's native program.

Pretty simple, excellent user-experience!

Thanks to Xfce forum member "ToC" who helped me solve a problem with the script

(C-x means ctrl+x, M-x means alt+x)

The default prefix is C-b. If you (or your muscle memory) prefer C-a, you need to add this to ~/.tmux.conf:

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname

Metadata in PDF files can be stored in at least two places:

	#
	# mkcd command
	# This is an improvised version of the mkcd command at http://superuser.com/questions/152794/is-there-a-shortcut-to-mkdir-foo-and-immediately-cd-into-it
	# This function has to be added to the ~/.bashrc file
	# After that you can run command like: mkdir abc, mkdir -p one/two/three
	#
	function mkcd {
	last=$(eval "echo \$$#")
	if [ ! -n "$last" ]; then
	echo "Enter a directory name"

	#!/bin/bash

	# store the current dir
	CUR_DIR=$(pwd)

	# Let the person running the script know what's going on.
	echo "\n\033[1mPulling in latest changes for all repositories...\033[0m\n"

	# Find all git repositories and update it to the master latest revision
	for i in $(find . -name ".git" \| cut -c 3-); do

	# the following two lines give a two-line status, with the current window highlighted
	hardstatus alwayslastline
	hardstatus string '%{= kG}[%{G}%H%? %1`%?%{g}][%= %{= kw}%-w%{+b yk} %n*%t%?(%u)%? %{-}%+w %=%{g}][%{B}%m/%d %{W}%C%A%{g}]'

	# huge scrollback buffer
	defscrollback 5000

	# no welcome message
	startup_message off

	# file: merger.py
	# based off: http://cmikavac.net/2011/07/09/merging-multiple-nessus-scans-python-script/
	# by: mastahyeti

	import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
	import shutil
	import os

	first = 1
	for fileName in os.listdir("."):

	#!/bin/bash
	# bash generate random alphanumeric string
	#

	# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (upper and lowercase) and
	NEW_UUID=$(cat /dev/urandom \| tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' \| fold -w 32 \| head -n 1)

	# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (lowercase only)
	cat /dev/urandom \| tr -dc 'a-z0-9' \| fold -w 32 \| head -n 1